Abstract: A tool for torquing a regulator onto a cylinder of a portable cylinder assembly. The tool includes a nut and a socket. The nut is configured to fit around a body of a regulator of a portable cylinder assembly. As such, the nut has a first set of grooves that avoids one or more valve assemblies on the body of the regulator. The socket has a cavity extending therethrough such that the cavity consists of three sections: a top section, a middle section and a bottom section. The top section of the socket is configured to be coupled to a device that applies a torque force on the socket. The middle section of the socket is configured to avoid a case of the regulator which is disposed above the body of the regulator. The bottom section of the socket is configured to be coupled to the nut.

Abstract: A tool may loosen seized bolts by sending shock waves into the bolt shank and thread areas via axial blows from a pneumatic hammer on the center of the bolt head prior to removal. The tool may allow impacts to be centered on the bolt head without damaging the bolt head or without worry of the bit jumping off the bolt.

Abstract: A socket assembly includes a socket body and a mounting member mounted on the socket body. The mounting member has an inner periphery provided with a mounting hole mounted on an outer periphery of the socket body and has an outer periphery having a non-circular shape. Thus, the outer periphery of the mounting member has a color layer so that the operator can identify the size and specification of the socket body by the color of the outer periphery of the mounting member. In addition, the mounting member has an outer periphery having a non-circular shape so that when the socket body is placed on the ground, the socket body will not roll on the ground by limit of the outer periphery of the mounting member to facilitate the operator taking the socket body.

Abstract: An automotive repair tool for removal of an engine fluid cap includes a scalloped interior opening through a circular base having a circumferential edge surface transverse to the axis of the rotation of the cap. The base receives a U-shape metal bracket welded thereto and aligned axially with the rotational axis of the base member. The opening through the base member is compatible with and generally congruent with a fluid cap for an internal combustion automobile engine.

Abstract: To provide a socket wrench in which an assembling hole formed in a socket body can be brought into stable engagement with a drive disposed at an operating handle without rattling, and facilitating a smooth engaging operation of the socket body with respect to a polygonal head part of a bolt to be operated. A supporting hole 4 is formed in a drive 2 provided at an operating handle 1, and a steel ball 6 pressed by a coiled spring 5 is movably engaged with the supporting hole 4. A recess part 9 for allowing the steel ball 6 to partly engage therein is formed in an inner wall of an assembling hole 7 of a wrench body 3 for allowing the drive 2 to engage therein. A connecting hole 8 engageable with a polygonal head part b? of a bolt b to be operated is formed in the wrench body 3 in such a manner as to be coaxial with the drive 2. The recess part 9 has a pair of contacting walls 9a, 9b for the steel ball 6 to contact therewith, the pair of contacting walls 9a, 9b being disposed in mutually intersecting directions.

Abstract: A wrench socket for use on fasteners such as pipework fittings where closed pipework or other obstructions would normally prevent the use of a ring wrench or closed sockets has a plurality of swivel arms pivotally mounted to a socket main body. The swivel jaws can be opened and closed as required around pipework and the fastener. Formations on the swivel arms align with one another when the swivel arms are closed allowing engagement by a drive bar that locks the swivel arms together. The swivel arms cooperate with the socket main body to define a polygonal fastener receiving aperture. The socket main body can be made thin profile to allow the wrench socket to be used in close proximity to obstructions that would prevent the operation of prior art wrenches and wrench sockets.

Abstract: A fastener-driving sleeve assembly is driven by a driving tool to rotate a fastener, and includes a connecting sleeve and a reinforcing ring. The connecting sleeve has a tool-connecting portion and a fastener-connecting portion. The tool-connecting portion has a head-receiving hole engaging fittingly a driving head of the driving tool. The fastener-connecting portion has a fastener-receiving hole engaging fittingly the fastener. The reinforcing ring is sleeved fixedly on the fastener-connecting portion of the connecting sleeve. The reinforcing ring and the connecting sleeve have complementary interengaging surfaces. Preferably, the connecting sleeve and the reinforcing ring are made of two different metal materials, respectively.

Abstract: A torque adjustable sleeve assembly includes a first part with first teeth in the first end thereof and a second part has one end inserted into the first end of the first part. The second part includes second teeth which are engaged with the first teeth. A rod passes through the first and second parts and two springs are mounted to the rod and located in the two parts respectively. A movable member is threadedly connected to an end of the rod and adjusts the compression of the two springs to adjust an engaging force between the first and second teeth. The second part includes a driving hole to be connected with a tool bit or screw unit. The second part is made of plastic material so as to protect the tool bit or the screw unit to be tightened or loosened.

Abstract: An identification structure formed on an outer surface of the socket comprises two parts for indentifying the sizes of the working hole and the square hole, respectively. The part for identifying the size of the square hole includes at least one identification area consisting of at least one axial identification portion or one radial identification portion or a combination of the at least one axial identification portion and the radial identification portion. Each of the axial and radial identification portions is a rectangular structure. The axial identification portion each represents a ? inch, and the radial identification portion each represents 1 inch.

Abstract: A device for engaging and rotating a glad hand. The device featuring a receptacle and an adaptor flange. The receptacle shaped to allow a glad hand to be seated therein. The receptacle formed by a base and at least one side wall extending from the base. The adaptor flange axially extending from an exterior surface of the base of the receptacle opposite the at least one side wall, the adaptor flange having a body, a central cavity and a open end opposite the base, the central cavity of the adaptor flange extending longitudinally within at least part of the body from the open end.

Abstract: This present invention discloses a socket for wrenches, which comprises a main body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a central axis extending from proximal section to distal section. The main body has recess at inside on the proximal section with punctures on the recessed periphery and each puncture has a moving part mounted therethrough. A sleeve is in slide-fitting communication with the main body, which has an inner wall provided a plurality of push fronts thereon, each push front surface rises gradually by a plurality of continuous steps from one end to the other. When the sleeve is rotated of axially moved with respect to the main body, the gradual rising steps of the push fronts are pushing the moving parts toward the central axis to match with varieties of scales of work pieces.

Abstract: A socket assembly for a gate valve wrench includes a socket, a support member adapted to mount on the wrench and a fastener for connecting the socket to the support member in such a manner so as to retain the socket fixed in place on the gate valve wrench. The socket includes a cylindrical piece with an inner surface shaped to include twelve inwardly protruding ridges that together define an interior cavity. In use, the socket assembly can be used in conjunction with the wrench to turn a rounded gate valve operating nut. Specifically, with the socket assembly attached to the wrench, the socket is forcibly driven down over the rounded nut such that each ridge digs into the rounded nut. Firmly engaged by the socket, the rounded nut can then be operated using the wrench.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a spud wrench and a spud wrench kit. The spud wrench may include a lever, a socket and an insert. The socket may include an aperture capable of receiving the lever within, wherein the socket may include an enlarged end. The insert may include an aperture in a first side and an opening in a second side, wherein the lever may be capable of insertion within the aperture of the first side. In addition, the socket may be capable of moving relative to the lever and the insert may be capable of moving relative to the socket. The spud wrench kit may further include a socket wrench, a case and inserts of various shapes and sizes and sockets of various shapes and sizes. The inserts and the sockets may be interchangeably used with the lever in numerous manners.

Abstract: The present invention provides a socket wrench for electrical locknuts that is highly tolerant of size differences of electrical locknuts of a nominal size and the number and spacing of lugs thereon. The socket wrench, in its most simple form, is machined from a single piece of metal, and includes a cylindrical wall that is unitary with a socket ceiling having a square drive aperture centered therein. A pair of diametrically-opposed semi-cylindrical vertical projections extend inwardly from the cylindrical wall. The vertical projections operate on a pair of diametrically-opposed lugs on the electrical locknut. The semi-cylindrical shape of the vertical projections causes the socket to self-center on an engaged locknut when the socket is turned in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Abstract: A hub locknut socket tool, specifically a socket that can selectively couple with a standard or custom ratchet and a variety of hub locknuts, including but not limited to Myers hub locknuts and T&B® (electrical fitting/connector) hub locknuts. The hub locknut socket is easier to use and more efficient than the traditional method of using a hammer-screwdriver combination or wrench to tighten or loosen a hub locknut. The hub locknut socket also provides a higher level of safety as compared to previous methods.

Abstract: A method for cold forging a stainless steel tool includes a preparation step, a cold forging step, a trimming step and a hardening step. At the preparation step, there is provided a billet of stainless steel. At the cold forging step, the billet is cold forged into a forged billet in a plurality of rounds. A gap between a round and a previous round is shorter than the time required for the time needed for the forged billet to return to the temperature in the beginning of the previous round. At the trimming step, the forged billet is lathed and grounded. At the hardening step, thermal treatment is conducted on the lathed, grounded, forged billet. A stainless steel tool is formed after cooling.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus useful for the installation of a flame cone within a respective throughbore in the head of an ICE having a pre-ignition system without removal of the head from the ICE, followed by threading a spark plug into the outboard end of the flame cone. This installation is effected from a location external of the head and while the head is affixed in covering relationship to one or more combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine. The installation further comprises employing unique interconnection between the flame cone and an installation tool. The flame cone includes a rotational position indicator which is aligned with an exit port in the flame cone and which contributes to the exclusivity of mating interconnection with the tool in a manner which converts rotational movements of the tool to like rotational movements of the flame cone, hence like rotation of the location of the exit port.

Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle having a first connection end and a second connection end of a driving member is shaped to be engaged with the first connection end by a connection unit which is connected to the second connection end. A control unit is connected to the first connection end and cooperated with the connection unit. A push member is located between the connection unit and the control unit. The push member is moved by the control unit to push the connection unit to disengage from the first connection end. The control unit is operated by a switch unit which is located on a side of the first connection end.

Abstract: A hand tool comprises a main body provided with a mounting portion including a plurality of arcuate protruding faces and a plurality of receiving recesses located between the protruding faces. Each of the receiving recesses of the mounting portion has an arc-shaped corner. A first distance is defined to be a distance between two walls of each recess.he two wall facing to each other. A second distance is defined to be a distance from a top to a bottom of each arcuate protruding face and a third distance D is defined to be a distance between two ends of a bottom side of the arcuate protruding face. A proportion of the first distance to the second distance is 1:1.6 and a proportion of the third distance to the second distance is 1:1.5.

Abstract: An anti-slip socket capable of stably applying force in clockwise and counterclockwise directions comprises an engaging hole having an axial rectangular engaging portion on each inner wall' central portion of at least three sides thereof, so that the respective engaging portions can be synchronously engaged with the peripheral surface of the head portion of a work piece in a surface-to-surface contact manner. Therefore, besides being applied to normally drive a work piece, the anti-slip socket is still applicable when the angles of the head portion of the work piece are deteriorated and can easily drive the head portion of the work piece no matter in the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction, absolutely preventing the slippage with respect to the head portion of the work piece.

Abstract: A socket includes a coupling end coupled with and driven by a driving tool and a driving end for engaging with a fastener to be driven. The driving end includes a peripheral wall portion having six inner faces on an inner periphery thereof for coupling with and driving the fastener A recessed portion is formed between a pair of inner faces adjacent to each other. The peripheral wall portion further includes six concave outer faces on an outer periphery thereof and respectively opposite to the inner faces. A convex gripping portion is formed between a pair of concave outer faces adjacent to each other. The concave outer faces and the convex gripping portions form a non-smooth outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion to allow firm grip by a user.

Abstract: A wrench socket assembly has outer and inner sleeves. Each sleeve has a socket drive cavity at each end. The four socket cavities are of different sizes for driving different sizes of fasteners. The outer sleeve has a central section between its socket cavities that slidably receives the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve and the outer sleeve have a torque transmitting feature to allow the inner sleeve to transmit torque through the central section to the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve has a drive section centrally located between its socket cavities. A conventional extension bar from a socket wrench will engage the central drive section located within the inner sleeve.

Abstract: A spanner with a bending section comprises a handle and a driving portion; and a bending connecting portion connected between the handle and the driving portion; the driving portion being installed with an engaging head; a front end of the engaging head having an engaging end; a periphery of the engaging head having a plurality of teeth for engaging the driving portion; a length L of each teeth being longer than a width W of the engaging end. The ratio of L/W is from 2 to 3. Preferably, the ratio is 2.5.

Abstract: A baluster driver tool for rotating a baluster to threadably secure it to a support. The driver tool includes a housing having a connector at one end for connecting it to a drill and a baluster-engaging member at the opposite end for receiving the baluster. The baluster-engaging member includes a cavity that is complementary sized and shaped to receive an end of the baluster. When the drill is activated, the housing rotates about its longitudinal axis causing the baluster to rotate in unison with the housing and securing a threaded end of the baluster into the support. In a second embodiment, a smooth tapered end of a baluster is received within a threaded tapered cavity in the housing. The threads secure the smooth tapered end of the baluster within the cavity so that rotation of the housing causes the baluster to rotate in unison therewith and securing the threaded end of the baluster to the support.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an enhanced hex key comprises a hex key composed of a first material (e.g., a metal such as steel) and non-marring, protective sleeve composed of a second material fitted onto the hex key bit portion of the hex key. In one embodiment, the sleeve may be comprised of a thermoset material such as, preferably, a glass reinforced thermoset plastic. The sleeve has a hexagonally-shaped inner surface that fits onto the hex key bit, and a hexagonally-shaped outer surface that fits, e.g., into fasteners of a specified size. The sleeve may be connected to the hex key bit by an adhesive. The sleeve may additionally be connected to the hex key bit using a screw such as, e.g., a set screw. Alternatively, the sleeve may be pinned to the hex key bit using a pin such as, e.g., a dowel pin. Tools with non-marring surfaces are also disclosed.

Abstract: A tool device is described which comprises an orifice which has at least one engagement end formed to control the rotation of a work piece. The tool device has a peripheral terminal end at the engagement end. The orifice is defined by an inner wall of alternating recessed regions and engagement regions arranged about an imaginary central axis. The recessed regions and engagement regions extend longitudinally and substantially parallel to the imaginary central axis. And, at least a part of each engagement region extends farther towards the peripheral terminal end of the tool device than at least a part of each recessed region.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle and a set of driving members to be selected to be coupled to the handle. Each of the driving members has a connecting portion complementary to the connecting portion of the handle. A coupling device is disposed at the connecting portion of the handle to detachably coupling the connecting portion of the driving member and the connecting portion of the handle. The coupling device forms a rotation axis of the driving member, such that the driving member can rotate. As a result, the driving members can be replaced quickly to the handle to meet the specific work.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for installing and removing a recessed spark plug to and from an engine without a component thereof becoming disengaged. The spark plug tool is long enough to reach a recessed spark plug and includes a first housing member having an opening fitted with an elastomeric sleeve for receiving a spark plug, a shaft that may be integrally connected to the first housing member, and a second housing member which may be integrally connected to the shaft. The second housing member can be coupled to a torque member.

Abstract: This invention discloses device for a socket wrench to be firmly and fixedly combined with a motive tool, where the socket wrench is prevented from falling off from the combining during use. A pin insertion hole is formed in a blind hole with its one end as a closing portion and thus center of gravity for the pin is established toward at the closing portion far from center of the socket wrench whereby shock and excess force are absorbed in this new center of gravity, whereas the combing pin can be surely maintained at the seat avoiding from the condition in which the socket wrench and the motive tool are not separated off with firm combining.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved tool for driving a threaded fastener, such as a hex-headed sheet metal screw. The driving socket is adapted with an counter-bore in the region of the face of driving end of the socket, sufficient to receive therein the shoulder on the fastener head. In the preferred embodiment the counter-bore is countersunk into the face of the socket, coaxially with the driving recess, and terminates in a boss which receives the shoulder of the fastener when placed in the socket for driving. An alternative embodiment of the invention includes an counter-bore in the driving end of the socket wherein the bore is a conical section, the major diameter of which is larger enough to receive the shoulder of the fastener head while being of limited depth so as to enable the majority of the fastener head to engage the driving sides of the hexagonal socket.

Abstract: A socket includes a main body including a first cylinder having an outer periphery formed with a plurality of outer teeth, and a second cylinder having an inner periphery formed with a plurality of inner teeth. The inner teeth of the main body and the outer teeth of the main body have the same tooth number and have the corresponding tooth shape. Thus, the sockets can co-operate with each other to increase the working length, and the sockets co-operating with the ratchet wrench can be used in an elongated shallower space.

Abstract: A molded tool structure has a non-metallic body and a continuous band of flexible and resilient non-metallic material encompassing the body and bonded to its exterior surface. The body may be a tool or a tool part. Also, the body may have one or more metal inserts insert molded therein, in which case there is a band encompassing each such insert. In one embodiment the body is a socket with inserts at both ends and in another embodiment the body is a driver shank with a double-ended screwdriver bit having a Phillips tip insert molded in the body and a flat-blade tip projecting from the body. The tool structure is molded by placing the flexible and resilient band or bands in a mold cavity, the body material being injected into the cavity so that it flows inside the band or bands and forces each band against the mold at the peripheral of the cavity. Any inserts are positioned in the cavity on suitable fixtures inside the bands so that the material flows between the bands and the inserts.

Abstract: A socket includes a tubular body having a receiving recess in a first end thereof so as to be connected with a driving end of a wrench, and an engaging recess is defined in a second end of the tubular body so as to be mounted to a bolt head or a nut. The engaging recess has 24 or 36 points equal-angularly extending from an inner periphery of the engaging recess. An opening between two adjacent points is smaller than a width between two respective root portions of the two adjacent points.

Abstract: A ratchet socket wrench has a main body, a shaft disposed on the main body, a drive device engaging with the shaft, and a sleeve engaging with the drive device. The drive device has a center hole, and a ratchet portion having a plurality of ratchets and an outer periphery groove. An elastic ring encloses the outer periphery groove of the drive device. A collar encloses the drive device. The sleeve has a corrugation hole, and a pawl portion having a plurality of pawls and an outer periphery recess. The pawls engage with the ratchets. The shaft is inserted in the center hole of the drive device. The collar has an inner annular flange. The drive device further has an annular recess to receive the inner annular flange of the collar.

Abstract: A sleeve with a non-round engaging portion comprises a sleeve body having a receiving portion at one end thereof and a connecting portion at another end thereof; the connecting portion being communicated to the receiving portion; the connecting portion having four sides; each two opposite sides are symmetrical. The connecting portion has different sections which are different diameters for matching sizes of different spanners.

Abstract: A socket capable of adapting itself to an open end of one of a plurality of wrenches of different sizes is disclosed. The socket comprises a lower connecting section including a cavity, and a four-sided actuation block projected from a top of the connecting section, the actuation block including two curved bearing surfaces having different curvatures. The actuation block is operable to be held by an open end of the wrench with two opposite interior surfaces of the open end of the wrench being in contact with two points of the bearing surfaces so that turning the wrench will fasten or unfasten an object coupled to the cavity.

Abstract: An insertion tool for attaching a corporation stop onto a tapping saddle uses a body member that has a top with an opening therein, an open bottom, a first side, a second side, a third side opposite the first side, and a fourth side opposite the second side. A generally rectangular-shaped first notch is located on the first side of the body member while a generally U-shaped second notch is located on the third side. A corporation stop having a shank, a valve handle and a valve packing is provided such that the shank of the corporation stop is received within the body member, the valve handle is received within the first notch, and the valve packing is received within the second notch. An extension of a socket wrench is received within the opening and the socket wrench is used to turn the body member and thus the corporation stop.

Abstract: An improved tool for use in association with a deformable nut of a fastener includes a socket having inner surface that forms a cavity on the socket. The inner surface includes one or more engagement surfaces that are tapered inwardly at an angle that approaches a taper of a deformable wall of the deformable nut. In one embodiment the tapering of the engagement surfaces is provided by configuring the engagement surfaces to extend in a tapered fashion generally toward a central axis of the socket. In another embodiment, the tapering is provided by configuring the engagement surfaces to each extend in a spiral fashion about a spiral axis that may, for example, be parallel and spaced-apart from the central axis of the socket.

Abstract: A socket adapted to engage a socket drive tool and to torque a head of a hardware fastener includes a metallic outer sleeve and a non-metallic inner lining. The outer sleeve has an outer sleeve drive portion adapted to engage the socket drive tool, and an outer sleeve hardware portion attached to the outer sleeve drive portion. The inner lining is disposed within the outer sleeve hardware portion and has an inner lining drive portion adapted to engage the socket drive tool. The inner lining further includes an inner lining hardware portion attached to the inner lining drive portion, wherein the inner lining hardware portion includes a torquing hole, located at the distal end of the socket, and is sized to fit over the head of the hardware fastener to provide torque to the hardware fastener.

Abstract: A wrench socket assembly comprises a socket having a main body; the main body including: an upper end portion being coated with silver thin film and having an inside formed with a mounting recess; the mounting recess of the main body of the socket having a wall formed with at least one positioning hole; the upper end portion of the main body having a peripheral wall formed with at least one through hole penetrating through the peripheral wall of the mounting recess; and a lower end portion having a color different from that of the upper end portion. A wrench with a pin can be used with the socket. The pin can be locked into the through hole or the positioning hole of the mounting recess so as to fix the socket to the wrench.

Abstract: A socket has a dark colored outer surface and a specification is rolled in the outer surface of the socket and coated with a brighter colored electroplating. The method for the surface treatment of the socket includes step of rolling an specification in an outer surface of the socket; step of electroplating the socket with a light colored layer of electroplating; step of removing the light colored layer of electroplating from the outer surface of the socket, and step of coating a dark colored layer on the outer surface of the large section and the specification is not included. By the surface treatment, the specification is obvious from the dart colored outer surface of the socket.

Abstract: A tool for receiving adapters and sockets of various sizes. One embodiment includes a first receiving end having outer and inner cavities being substantially rectangular with the inner cavity having a smaller diameter than the outer cavity. A second extension end is positioned opposite the first receiving end and includes outer and inner extensions being substantially rectangular shaped with the outer extension having a smaller width than the inner extension. Another embodiment includes a first end having at least two receiving cavities axially aligned. A first receiving cavity is positioned proximate the first end and has a larger diameter than a second distal receiving cavity. A second end includes at least two receiving cavities axially aligned including a third receiving cavity positioned proximate the second end having a larger diameter than a fourth distal receiving cavity.

Abstract: A socket for a wrench has a body with a central hole defined in one end of the body and a connecting device formed on the second end of the body. Multiple first protrusions are formed on the inner surface of the central hole, and each first protrusion has a peak with a first angle. A second protrusion is formed on the inner surface of the central hole between each pair of adjacent first protrusions. Each second protrusion has a peak with a second angle and a recess to make the second angle smaller than the first angle of the peak of the first protrusions. With such a socket, the socket can securely hold the head of the fastener with the peaks on the protrusions even when the head has been worn away.

Abstract: A socket device with an off-center slot for loosening and tightening connectors positioned in confined locations. The socket includes a socket body, a slot to allow a tube or pipe to pass there through and a nut retaining region. The nut retaining region positioned adjacent to a first face of the socket has a centerline that is offset from the centerline of the socket body. A socket driver port located in the opposing second face of the socket has a centerline that is offset from the centerline of the socket body but remains within the dimensions of the socket body. That arrangement allows socket rotation within a confined area with maximum possible mechanical advantage. The socket may have different receiving region configurations to accommodate different nut connector designs.

Abstract: A device for operating on each nut of a double-nut assembly, wherein an inner nut of the assembly is of a diameter larger than that of an outer nut of the assembly. The device comprises two components: the first component is provided to act on the inner nut and is designed to allow a portion of the second component to pass therethrough, while the second component is provided to act on the outer nut. The first component may be used to rotate the inner nut to a desired position while a portion of the second component resides therein, whereafter the second component may be used to secure the rotated position by tightening the outer nut. The device may be used with an eccentric fastener assembly employing such a double-nut arrangement to set the toe angle of a vehicle wheel.

Abstract: A socket tool for alternative use in combination with a screw driver or a conventional wrench. A socket body is formed so as to fit externally over a driver bit and is movable axially therealong and is detachable therefrom but is non-rotatable relative to the driver bit over its length. Socket portions are provided on opposite end portions of the socket body, with internal dimensions different from one another. Outer peripheries of the socket portions at both ends of the socket body are formed into regular polygonal shapes in cross section and serve as external drive engaging faces, to be engaged externally by the wrench. The outer peripheries of both the socket portions have external diameters different from one another. The socket tool is held alternatively on either the driver bit or the wrench, with one of the socket portions engaging the driver bit or wrench and the other socket portion projecting longitudinally away therefrom.

Abstract: A tool for engaging and disengaging MYERS HUB fasteners comprises a cylindrical body having a front end and a rear end. The front end comprises a cylindrical cavity having dimensions substantially identical to the dimensions of the MYERS HUB fastener for snugly receiving the MYERS HUB fastener during engagement and disengagement thereof. The rear end of the cylindrical body comprises a drive lug including a hexagonal exterior surface and a square aperture extending therethrough for engagement by conventional wrenches and conventional ratchet wrenches, respectively.

Abstract: A method of making a recess in a drive socket and the like includes forming a groove to extend along a face of an elongated drive opening in a metal workpiece from one end of its drive opening, moving material from the surface of the groove to increase its depth from its outer end along only a portion of its length and gathering the material so moved from the groove surface to form a ledge between ends of the groove, whereby a recess is defined by the groove extending beyond the ledge. In addition, a female drive device for socket wrenches and the like is disclosed having an elongated drive opening, a groove longitudinally extending from one end of the drive opening along a face of the drive opening, and a ledge between ends of the groove. The ledge protrudes radially inwardly such that a recess is defined by the groove extending beyond the ledge for retaining a male drive member.

Abstract: A method of making a recess in a drive socket and the like includes forming a groove to extend along a face of an elongated drive opening in a metal workpiece from one end of its drive opening, moving material from the surface of the groove to increase its depth from its outer end along only a portion of its length and gathering the material so moved from the groove surface to form a ledge between ends of the groove, whereby a recess is defined by the groove extending beyond the ledge. In addition, a female drive device for socket wrenches and the like is disclosed having an elongated drive opening, a groove longitudinally extending from one end of the drive opening along a face of the drive opening, and a ledge between ends of the groove. The ledge protrudes radially inwardly such that a recess is defined by the groove extending beyond the ledge for retaining a male drive member.